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The STEM race gap and barriers minority students face by Ozobot

What You Need to Know About the STEM Race Gap

Minority students who dream about an engineering career face a host of barriers from implicit bias in early-childhood education to subconscious and overt racism in the workplace. There’s plenty of finger-pointing about where the racial gap starts, with some STEM organizations trying to find a magic solution to seal the gap and help students of …

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Deconstruction Method by Ozobot is a new way to teach all kids coding

Our Deconstruction Method: A New Way to Advance All Kids in Coding

With robots, coding comes alive. You only need a few coding concepts under your belt to teach Evo and Bit how to see, play, and explore with OzoBlockly, our block-based code editor. But, for many educators and students, advanced coding looks daunting. In a recent Pew survey, over half of Americans cited difficulty as the …

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FETC 2018 Recap: Ozobot's tools for creative classrooms

FETC 2018 Recap: Creativity, Coding, and Kits. Oh My!

If you missed Ozobot at the 38th annual Future of Education Technology Conference (FETC), fret not. We’re breaking it all down for you. Sir Ken Robinson kicked off the conference, expanding on his popular TED Talk “Do Schools Kill Creativity?”. Instead of using testing to encourage competition and conformity, Robinson argued, we should use new …

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14 annual STEAM events to engage kids in science and tech

Take Note: 14 Annual STEAM Events for Kids, Parents, and Teachers

There’s always something around the corner for parents and teachers who want to engage their kids in STEAM learning! Throughout the year, learning institutions celebrate various holidays with events, competitions, and celebrations, but these aren’t your normal holidays. From Pi Day to National Robotics Week, check out these 14 holidays that you can use to …

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Holiday Evo Gift Guide for young innovators

Hack the Halls: Evo Holiday STEAM Activities

Calling all kids (and their grown-ups)! Read on to warm up your winter break, with Evo and two STEAM activities. Did you know there are two different ways to code Evo? The first activity below, the Winter Traditions Parade, uses the OzoBlockly block programming editor. You’ll research another country’s winter traditions, customize your Evo, then …

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Father and daughter learning to code on a laptop

25 Games, Apps, and Tools For Kids and Parents to Learn Programming

Today’s kids are growing up in a world of video games, apps, and digital tools. This can leave some parents confused when trying to relate to their children regarding anything tech. Fortunately, there are plenty of tools for families who want to code together and make their own apps and games. If your child is …

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Holiday Evo Gift Guide for young innovators

Hack the Halls with Evo

With the holidays quickly approaching, we’re saving you time with a new kind of gift guide. Instead of breaking down all the stores and sites to visit this season, we’ve got a list of all the people in your life who would love Evo. Read on to see why Evo is the small, smart, social …

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